State Student Committee Berlin
The Berlin State School Students Committee ( LSA Berlin ) is the top democratically legitimized representation of around 350,000 students in Berlin . She campaigns for their rights vis-à-vis the Senate , teachers and parents.
| State Student Committee Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Basic data | |
| Represented students | 350,000 |
| budget | € 10,000 |
| legitimation | Berlin School Act |
| State school spokesman | Richard Gamp |
| Deputy | Lena Werner, Jakob Wiegmann, Carlos Zech |
| Board | Chair: Richard Gamp Press Spokeswoman: Lena Werner Internal Affairs Officer: Jakob Wiegmann Finance and Legal Officer: Carlos Zech |
| was standing | 4th July 2020 |
| Addresses | |
| State office | State Student Committee Berlin, Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family, Bernhard-Weiß-Straße 6, 10178 Berlin-Mitte |
| Contact | vorstand@lsa.de |
| Website | lsaberlin.de |
| structure | |
| Composition of the decision-making body | 24 voting members (from 12 district student committees); up to 24 co-opting members |
Establishment of the regional student committee
Members
All twelve Berlin districts are represented by two members each in the Berlin State Student Committee. These are delegated by the individual district student committees. There are thus a total of 24 elected members. The regional student committee can also co-opt up to 24 members. These advisory members must be pupils whose schools fall within the definition of school within the meaning of Section 6 of the Berlin School Act. The members may propose co- options. These are decided by the body with a simple majority. The LSA Berlin stipulates this in its rules of procedure, Section 2, Paragraph 2.
Board
The board consists of four members:
As a representative of the LSA Berlin, the chairman of the board is to be equated with the position of the state student representative. The public relations officer, the internal affairs officer and the finances officer are deputy chairpersons of the LSA and thus 1st, 2nd and 3rd deputy state student spokespersons in accordance with Section 4 of the Rules of Procedure.
The speakers for cooperation and social media of the LSA Berlin represent the right hand of the board. They are authorized to participate in board meetings and support the board members in public relations and other areas of responsibility. The posts come about through co-opting into the board and are therefore also open to advisory members from state-approved substitute schools. You therefore do not take on the role of deputy chairman of the LSA Berlin. Further co-options are possible.
| Board function | Cast 2020/2. | Occupation 2020/1. | Occupation 2019/2. | Occupation 2019/1. | Occupation 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Richard Gamp | Miguel Góngora | Felix Stephanowitz | Eileen Hager | Eileen Hager |
| Public relations officer / press officer | Lena Werner | Lola von-Rümker-Wolter | Luisa rule | Lucas Valle-Thiele | Lucas Valle-Thiele |
| Interior speaker | Jakob Wiegmann | Helen Schroeder | Amanda Blizniak | Felix Stephanowitz | |
| Finance Officer | Carlos Zech | Carlos Zech | Helen Schroeder | Helen Schroeder | |
| Cooperation advisor | Helen Schroeder | ||||
| Social Media Advisor | Yasmin Aufderheide |
Bodies
Board meetings
The meetings of the regional student committee usually take place on a Tuesday per month. The venue is the Red Town Hall . Unless the committee determines otherwise in advance, the meetings and minutes are public according to Section 11 (can be viewed by all students in the state). In this case, §122, Paragraph 2, Clause 2 of the School Act applies to the minutes according to §7 Paragraph 2 of the Rules of Procedure.
Outdoor work
The regional student committee organizes seminars for SV work, panel discussions and demonstrations in order to draw attention to grievances in the Berlin education system. In addition, it appears as a cooperation partner at many events within the framework of Berlin's school policy and votes in its meetings on applications that every student in the State of Berlin can submit. The application is regulated in § 6 of the rules of procedure of the LSA Berlin.
Legal legitimation
Section 114 (1) of the School Act for the State of Berlin (SchulG) defines the tasks of the individual state committees. There it says: "They [the state committees] serve to represent the school interests of the respective groups [...]" Accordingly, the LSA is responsible for representing the interests of all Berlin schoolchildren.
history
1970 to 1990
As early as the 1970s he was part of the West Berlin school world and acted, among other things, as the editor of a national school newspaper. During this time there was also a basic debate as to whether student representation should be allowed at all, from which the LSA Berlin issued a confirmation.
1990 to 2010
In the 1990s there were debates about the function of the LSA Berlin. Some members wanted to shift the focus of activity to broader, partly general political fields and founded the association LandesSchüler *innenVertretung Berlin eV (the LSV). The LSV introduced the regular event LandesSchülerKonferenz (LSK) to give schoolchildren more opportunities to be actively involved in schools and other areas of society. The initially good cooperation turned into a rather sporadic collaboration of some members of the LSA Berlin in the LSV Berlin. Despite the cooperation on various projects, there were disputes between the LSA and the LSV due to the LSA's claim to sole representation. Individual members of the LSA saw a competitive situation between the two structures. Individual members of the LSV saw a clear difference in the way they worked. During this time, the LSA relied primarily on committee work, with a more or less public perception of the results, while the LSV carried out a wide variety of projects that were very well received by the students. Members of the LSA assumed that the LSV was not democratically legitimized and tried to hinder the work of the LSV, while others again considered cooperation and mutual support to be desirable.
Since 2010
Since its inception, the state student committee has been a “stepping stone” into politics, as many members later joined a party or began a political career. In 2017, two former members from 2014 sit in the Berlin district council assemblies and one member in the Berlin House of Representatives ( June Tomiak , Die Grünen).
2014/16 was characterized by the cooperation with the Politics initiative as a school subject . The representation of the student body sees in strengthening political education the solution of a considerable part of the problem of political disaffection and an immense increase in the accessibility of politics for young people. In order to reach all students regardless of their age and the type of school they attend, the cooperation alliance calls for a stronger implementation of political education in the curriculum of the middle school. For this, the LSA is ready to support an additional weekly hour for teaching politics as a school subject.
In 2016, the targeted fight against the renovation backlog took place, which is said to amount to 5 billion euros.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers and facts. In: www.berlin.de. March 16, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Rules of Procedure | State Student Committee Berlin. Preamble. In: lsaberlin.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Rules of Procedure | State Student Committee Berlin. §2, paragraph 2. In: lsaberlin.de. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Rules of Procedure | State Student Committee Berlin. §4, paragraph 3. In: lsaberlin.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Board of Directors. Retrieved on July 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Rules of Procedure | State Student Committee Berlin. § 13 Convocation and quorum. In: lsaberlin.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Rules of Procedure | State Student Committee Berlin. §6 applications. In: lsaberlin.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ juris GmbH: VIS BE § 114 SchulG | State standard Berlin | - National committees | School Act for the State of Berlin (School Act - SchulG) of January 26, 2004 | valid from: 02/01/2004. In: gesetze.berlin.de. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
- ^ Roman Danilov, Julius Gast et al.: Open letter from the Berlin State School Committee and the Politics as School Subject Initiative on the coalition negotiations in Berlin 2016. In: lsaberlin.de. LSA Berlin, 2016, accessed on July 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Susanne Veith-Entus, Silvia Vogt: Sanierungsstau - Berlin's schools need five billion euros. In: tagesspiegel.de . June 30, 2016, accessed December 3, 2019 .